James Vinci, VP, and CTO, Equator spoke to DS News on how technology can help to make the buying and selling of default property an easier option for all stakeholders.
Read More »Fintech and the Mortgage Servicing Lifecycle
Almost every investment, including mortgage servicing and asset management, can be optimized by using fintech effectively.
Read More »Housing and Technology Converge for Five Star Fintech Summit
With the 2018 Five Star Single-Family Rental Summit wrapping up on Wednesday afternoon, the next big Five Star event followed close on its heels—the inaugural Five Star Fintech Summit. Convening inside the Renaissance Nashville Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, the first ...
Read More »Bettering Mortgage Link by Link
Editor’s note: this feature originally appeared in the March issue of DS News, out now. You have to look no further than the front page of the Wall Street Journal to learn about Bitcoin these days. Its exponential rise in ...
Read More »Chains of Knowledge
Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the March issue of DS News, out now. While today’s technological landscape is evolving at a breakneck pace, many of the core aspects of the housing and default servicing industries remain rooted in the same ...
Read More »The Opportunities and Challenges of Blockchain in Mortgage Servicing
Blockchain is creating a lot of buzz—and a lot of confusion. Primarily, this technology offers the capacity to record and monitor transactions in what is called a distributed ledger (a decentralized database). Each block is a record of new transactions ...
Read More »New Cryptocurrency Offering Backed by Real Estate
The cryptocurrency landscape is something of a wild frontier at the moment, with new cryptocurrencies being introduced all the time. Bitcoin is by far the best known of them, but even Bitcoin’s long-term legacy remains unwritten, to say nothing of ...
Read More »Trusting Data: How Technology Can Lead to Paperless Documentation
I was recently traveling in eastern Europe leaving a country that was a former member of the Soviet Union. Before boarding the plane, I was stopped by that country’s immigration officers. They asked to see my travel itinerary, and I ...
Read More »Quickening Mortgage Innovation in an Industry Slow to Change
Stacey Caster is VP, Technology Communications at Quicken Loans, where she previously worked as Director of Telecommunications. Prior to joining Quicken Loans, Caster was Director of Infrastructure Operations at DTE Energy, working to oversee back-end infrastructure for over 10,000 employees ...
Read More »Freddie Mac’s Loretta Ibanez: Innovating and Learning in a Fast-Fail Environment
In your job as Mortgage Innovation Director, what does a typical day look like? We have always done innovation at Freddie Mac, but we’re making big investments and improving our Loan Advisor Suite for our customers. Beyond just the sourcing ...
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